Invesco PowerShares has launched the PowerShares Convertible Securities Portfolio, a convertible securities exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to provide investors a blend of the safety net that a bond...

Russia was hit hard by the financial crisis, but market participants say there is plenty to be optimistic about in 2010. At a roundtable discussion hosted by Risk in December, industry experts discu...

A quant at Citi has revived debate about the changing nature of the profession (www.risk.net/2417747). The scope is narrower, he claims; the job has been dumbed down, and today's quants are little more than programmers. Is he right?